Oh heavy heart,
why do you sink?
You are so weak,
so frail, so broken!
One day absent from her voice
drives you downward
like a stone;
-all alone.
You beat for her,
I know that well.
You pump with joy
at the sight of her eyes.
They drive you wild with buoyant frenzy,
more alive than oxygen.
Oh heavy heart,
why do you sink?
Your buoyancy has shriveled,
leaving you like a raisin
as heavy as a stone.
Oh raisin-stone,
You are so weak!
She melts you like butter,
and spreads you like sweet grape jam;
consumed by her kisses,
and engulfed by her love.
But, oh!
You live to be consumed,
and beat to be engulfed!
Oh unconsumed, unengulfed raisin-stone,
why do you sink?
Interesting rhymes you have used here! I enjoyed reading it. Wish you good luck with your writing.
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nice and i like how you call it a raisin stone..a very effective visual...and one day without her i might whither a bit as well..smiles.
Really nicely done!
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why do you sink?
This is really very lovely, beautifully crafted and executed. There's a lyricality here that echoes the eternal love songs all lovers sing, could they all sing. Wonderful work.
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